NASCAR Dover Sunday, April 24, 2022
DOVER MOTOR SPEEDWAY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
104th NASCAR Cup Series Dover Motor Speedway race – First race: 1969 (Richard Petty winner)
11th of 36 races this season – 16 Races before Playoffs – 26 Races remaining this season
Dover wins (Series regulars):
Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr. 3
Alex Bowman, Kurt Busch, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson 1
Champion winless at Dover:
Joey Logano: 25 Races – Best finish: 3rd (3 Times)
Alex Bowman
2021 Dover winner – Started 16th, finished 8th in Stage 1 & 3rd in Stage 2, 98 laps led including final 97
Winner pit stops: Alex Bowman (5 Stops) Lap 37, 123, 173, 244, 304 (12.1 Pit stop to 13.3 for Kyle Larson)
Longest green flag run: 80 Laps (41-120)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson (1st & 1st), Denny Hamlin (2nd & 5th), Chase Elliott (4th & 2nd)
Speeding: 8 Drivers – 9 Penalties
Rear of field: Chase Elliott 3rd, Ryan Newman 23rd, Josh Berry 30th
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman 1st
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 7th
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 6th
Best Team Penske: Joey Logano 5th
39 Different winners in 103 Dover NASCAR Cup Series races
23 Different winners in 53 NASCAR Cup Series Dover concrete races
22 Champions won Dover –
Bobby Isaac, Alan Kulwicki, Terry Labonte & Joey Logano only champions who raced at Dover & failed to win
Dover pit road speeding penalties:
6/17: 7; 10/17: 1; 5/18: 3; 10/18: 7; 5/19: 2; 10/19: 11; 8/22/20: 3; 8/23/20: 3; 2021: 9
Dover commitment line violations:
6/17: 1; 10/17: 1; 5/18: 0; 10/18: 0; 5/19: 0; 10/19: 0; 8/22/20: 0; 8/23/20: 0; 2021: 0
Kyle Larson won Stage 1 & 2 last Dover race – Finished 2nd
Driver starting first winless last 21 Dover races
Pole won 13 of 103 Dover races – Last 2 by Jimmie Johnson (9/09 & 9/10)
4 Dover Overtime finishes (9/05, 5/15, 6/17 & 10/18) – Hendrick drivers won all 4 (Johnson 3 & Elliott 1)
Most consecutive Dover laps led – 461 by Richard Petty 9/15/74
Most laps ever led by Richard Petty in Cup Series race: 491 – Dover 9/15/74
Richard Petty won Dover in his 800th career race 9/16/79
Most laps led by Dover winner – 491 by Richard Petty 9/15/74
Most laps led by Dover winner (400 Lap race) – 381 by Jeff Gordon 6/3/01
Fewest laps led by Dover winner – 3 by Tony Stewart 6/2/13
No Dover race settled by last lap pass
2 Won first career race at Dover – Jody Ridley 5/81 & Martin Truex Jr. 6/07
Chevrolet leads all with 42 Dover wins
Last to win back-to-back Dover races: Jimmie Johnson 9/13 & 6/14 (Alex Bowman won last Dover race)
14 Dover win streaks – 3 Won 3 straight
Hendrick Motorsports: 21 Dover wins (Most all-time) by 7 different drivers
Drivers won first race of season 19 times at Dover – Only win of season for 8 drivers
Final lead change with 11 or fewer laps to go in 4 of last 9 Dover races
Most laps run under green in a race: 500 – Dover 6/71 & Bristol 7/71
First Dover NASCAR Cup Series Race: July 6, 1969 (2 Days After Daytona Firecracker 400)
Winner: Richard Petty
First NASCAR Cup Series Race on Dover Concrete: June 4, 1995
Winner: Kyle Petty
First Dover 400-Mile Race: September 21, 1997
Winner: Mark Martin
DOVER MOTOR SPEEDWAY NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
76th NASCAR Xfinity Series Dover Motor Speedway race – First race: 1982 (Joe Ruttman winner)
10th of 33 races this season – 17 Races before Playoffs – 24 Races remaining this season
51 Different winners in 75 Dover Xfinity Series races
35 Different winners in 53 NASCAR Xfinity Series Dover concrete races
2 Won Dover NXS & NCS races in same weekend – Harry Gant 9/91 & Kyle Busch 5/10
13 in first 38 races scored their first career win at Dover – Last: Scott Wimmer 9/02 (No first-time winners last 37 races)
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 4 Dover races
Justin Allgaier won Stage 2 in 2 of last 3 Dover races – 1 Win (8/22/20)
8 Won Dover Xfinity Series race in first try including Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5/98
4 Dover Overtime finishes – Kyle Busch won 2
Leader at scheduled distance won all 4 Dover Overtime races
8 Dover races won by driver starting first
Most Dover laps led: 193 – Ryan Newman 9/05 (Winner)
Most Dover laps led by non-winner: 160 – Matt Kenseth 5/03 (Finished 4th)
Joey Logano only driver to win 4 straight Dover races – 10 others won 2 straight Dover races
Longest Dover NXS green-flag stretch: 160 Laps (9/13)